Connecter for railway rails



June 24, 1930. J, v, PALMER 1,765,801

CONNECTER FOR RAILWAY RAILS Filed Jan. 50, 1930 gyw i Q plates.

liatentecl June 24;

J HN v. PAELMER; OF -PiTTSBURGH; IENNSYLVANIA; AssIe Nok bi oimvrfimr)"To e HARRY I; NEA AN'A in-olvsggnmn mo JAMES-IMLMAGEE,BOTI-IVOF'PITTSBUVRGH;

1 'IENNSYLVANIA A CQNNECTEBZFOR BAITlWllY-RAIZS nim tion filed January30, 1930. jSriixl/No.424K523;

. The general 1 bjec t which lllttye in View i e pr i on insw dii mp oed m ans for connectlng the, ad ace t 2' ends of. mils.

' b For this purpose. I v have i i1vente d' a jcon hectei' which i1 1its pi*efei'i'ed embodiment e'emprises fish plates j whichibr idge Vthe. rail joint ancl' are provided phithein outer faces with abutmentsclampingbl cks also bridg ipglthe joint anderrangd'to bebolted up ageirst ithe fish ,ipletes,- seicl blocks beirig Jpr'evicled with. recesses;.t receive, the abut ments A and 'ztlso pmvideph with lower 1301 7 tionswhich are'recessechtoreceivel'the base fianges'efi the railqencl whichextend unclef thelatter, enclth fough bolts extending. be; heath therail and clamping seidiblpcks-te-i i I In ;the :pl efei'i ecl inyinventieiielampihgblocks. 1'

:{Lls Qpxtovicle 1a, chair ;=pltte lewhich supports the basejof the railends from beneath and, has its ends supported inseats' intheiclainp- Vingblo cks, means being also-provided, prefelzablythe 'through-boltspforsecuringrthe Againythe abu iments on the fiSh pIateS' may be omitted togin the clamping blecks. I '1;

Again, the fishpletes may i be omitted and V the clamping'blocksmacle'fto bemi directly 130 W onj the webs of the rails'. 1 F -1 Ihaveillustmtecl it 15itcti'cah embbdimeiit 'of the principles of hinvehtien, Fi i is; a persliective View "shdwingtwe railjericls"connected inmccelfclzmce W th-myp e'seiit 111-;

Venti n'Q- t I 21s a sectie'nel View ft i'tken falohg the; 2-2 111mg 3,i

3 is an'ilislcle e'le ame one 3 'Figgf 41s 'a perspective 6 i L r Fig.'5jise e ev-1; "ef flthe"chaiiiplate.

Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar butshowing modificati0ns; f e Referringfirst to FigsLl tot of the drew they with the recesses I f wi ppear.mthefollowing jdescfipti l aregailsbjKhtlfQTptihch l bein 1 erepmsemsthe fish" plat es W'hi'chean'e positioned atpeitherfsicle against theebs of the railsancl which bridgethe joint iIithe J usual manner.

usual bolt holes to register t zlithftl e bolt heles receive the usualbblts i;wh ieh ex} tend also through the holes in f the; rail.

Thevihtennecliate I pqitionsil of l the ,fishj plates g'aii'e providedextei iqrly with the ebiitnients l 51 which are preferably 10f; ree-Jtar gtilar "shape zt i d are1el0 11gated;h0rizentallyTehd bridge therail joint. bases bffsaicl abfltrhentsxest upon the base. 1

7 holes inthe rails, end'the oute efi'thes aielf flai gesbffthe rails;The abutments are pi efefably ihtegi tl, with vthe ,fish platesbutmay,*i'f s ol clesir ed, be, rigidljattaehecl t0v thefishpleteszas bywelding. j R 6 rep'rese' its the t w'q clampi bl k one;

for each sicleehd whichz lso bridge the mm,

their lnner faces recessed, as at 7., to receive and fit over theabutments.

receiyeffend' 'fi't oxier the base; flanges; of the rail,

holes 'l l in the elemping blqeks; V

The Qujtep pelftions 109. of the heles -10 of poitibhsill iof the h eles l l' iilthe blpcks 6 cut: in the; top.

H Thelow 'zpv -i tions ,f, the blecksarefi'eeesse'cl,121sv at 8'. t0.,

I he blocks" extending"beneeth said flanges thfsiippjort y i Therbbltsfg extent through holes infthe f fish plates afngl the I Thel'ciwei portiensbf the; clampiiiig blocks 6 are else fprc'iviclecl withY 4 Ie eiYek the" threiig'hbolts '13 which; extend:

bel 'il'eath,the lbases o'f the i'eils.at either, side; l

t hi infi an lampi he-b19 2 o ther i s v; "lA J QP Q wt' 6 5??? P a e pt on b inetth? the r511 teamed "bridgingthe jointiJ I 9 1 29191???wilsgfrem be w, ,i i iheaend g bolt heleslZtor I R Y of the plate14 are supported by the clamping blocks 6. Thus the blocks may be pro-Vvided with horizontally elongated holes or seats to receive theends ofthe chair plate.

Suitable means are proVided -to hold the chair "plate j rigid'l-yinplace,

this purpose,"fornfiingthe bolt 'hol-esGJiQin the} blocks Brashalf-roundslcutsin the bottom jwall or floor ofthe seats saidh-ole-sbeln-g completed by half-rounds cut or formed 1n the bottomsurfaces of the chair; plate- In Fig. 6 I show the use of mybearrng-"blocks and chair plate" in 'connection wlth J V 1 5 the ordinary fish"plates the same 110111391 7 in gi p'rovided with abutinents as shown lnthe "preceding figures, and the: clamping blocks.beingpfjcourse'provided with re- I cessesto receivethe' abutments. Thusn y vention maybe'ap'pliedto any ra l ]01I1l3 wi'thout Qehanging the fish plates,"longer boltsrbeing inserted through the intermediatefholes in the-fish.plates and the'end holes in the {rails toi clamp the bearingblocks'iniplace i In 'Fig'gTI'show the-use of bearing bloeksi Withoutfighfplates, th'e' clan ping Vi V blocks being formed t'o bear directlyagainst theraillwebs and bridging the-joint Itis"evidentthatwith theparts o'fhiy improved eonne ct'er' inposition and the nuts 7 i on thebolts; tightened and; locked; in the usual manner, the rail ends; aresecurely V eoH-ne'ctied; together ,l'an'd supported agai tundueffiexlngn' I": 1 s My lmproved con necter -1S lne'xpen'sive to;

V 1nanufacture, andpycontains noflparts which are subject to unduewearerbreakage} f Myimprovedconneeterl may be quickly applied and removed,fandrequires no alteration in-the structure of the rails or of;

7' the track.

shapes: n In I -What I desire; to clainris a eon'necter for'r'ailendsfeomprising, a pair of fish-plates bridging tlie rail joint: 7andjfitting against thewebsxof the rails, abutments'" on the outerfaces. offs'aid-fish plates and" bridging/the joint, a clamping J blockfitting againsteachjof t'hefis h plates NVhile for the sake of?illustrationl have shown "my improved 'conneeter in connection with therails oftheiT-type used in steam railway"practice itjis apparent that myin-' evention may be likewise used in connection withfl' girder j railsand 'other v types and Q and bridgin thefijoin't 'said' 'fblocksf beingrecessed to receive; thejabutm ents and to receivefthe base flange sotthe rails, .elanijping bolts extending through the rails; the r 'fishplates-and the; cla1npingb l'oeks,' and throughboltsentending"beneaththerailsat Teit'he'rsi-de of the jointf'andelamping the 7' blocks togethjerf r2;m ma yroimiyiendscmprisitgja Thusll may and prefer to use the through-bolts 13' forrecessed: to receive: the *abutments 'and to Y I receive the baseflanges orthe'rails, cl mp. T ing bolts extending "through {the rails,thev pair of fish plates bridging the rail joint and fitting against-thewebs of the rails,

recessed toiteeeive the abutments and to reabutments on the outer facesof said fishf i 'plates' and bridging the joint a. clamping v blockfitting against each of the fish plates and bridging thejoin't',said;b1ocksbeing V :cei've' the base flanges of the rails, clampe ingbolts extendingthroughfthe rails', the

fish plates andthe clamping blocks, and a clamping blocks. V V 7 i 3, A:c0nnecter for'rail ends :comprising a pair of fish plates bridgingthe'rail joint and fitting against the' webs of the rails,

abutmentson; the outer faces of said fish and bridging the joint, saidblocksfbeing fish plates and the clamping blocks, a-chairplatesupporting the rail ends from below plates and bridging the joint,a clamping. V

block fitting against each ofthe fish plates and-having its endssupported byfthe clamp avpair of fish plates bridging the rail-joint andfitting against. the webs of the rails;

and means forsee'u-ring the chair i platetothe clamping blocks," w

4. A connecter for rail 'ends comprising V 1 abutments on the onterfacesoffsaid i fish f plates and bridging the :joint; a clamping blockfitting against" each of the fish-plates and bridging the: jointfsaid'blocks being re cessed to'rec eive the abutments and'to-receive the baseflanges of the rails, clamping bolts extending-through the rails, thefish plates and the clamping blocks, a chair plate" 1 supporting therail ends from .below' and havingits ends supported" by the clampingblocks, and throughebolts extending beneath the rails and clamping saidblocks together;

. 5. A conneeter for 1railen'ds comprising;

a pair of fish plates bridging thev railjointl and 'fitt1ng ,against'the webslof the rails,

plates and bridging the j0int,,a clamping block fitting against each ofthe fish'plates and bridging the joint, saidfiblocks' "being receive.the base flanges oftherails, clamp-j mg bolts ni mughitherails; the

fish plates and the clamping bloeks,' a'chairx plate supporting the,'rail' end's from below butmentson the outer faces of said fish g fatand having 'itsends supported by the clamp V i ing blocks andthrough-bolts engaging said j 'claniping'blocks and said'chair'plate. rSigned at Pittsburgh Pa this 27th day of: January, 1930'. 1 a j v 75chair plate supportingt he ra lendefm below and having its endssupported'by the recessed to; receive the abutments' and to 5

